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CLIMDW
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
455 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2026
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..THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1928 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 71 2:57 PM 87 1953 61 10 56
MINIMUM 46 6:28 AM 26 1952 45 1 46
AVERAGE 59 53 6 51
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.24 1933 0.11 -0.11 0.04
MONTH TO DATE 2.13 2.40 -0.27 2.78
SINCE SEP 1 7.53 5.17 2.36 3.34
SINCE JAN 1 39.67 29.20 10.47 28.16
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 6 12 -6 14
MONTH TO DATE 91 183 -92 82
SINCE SEP 1 118 242 -124 103
SINCE JUL 1 118 246 -128 105
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 36 17 19 65
SINCE SEP 1 240 153 87 269
SINCE JAN 1 1211 1109 102 1410
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 2:00 AM
LOWEST 30 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 64
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THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 1953
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1930
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 21 2026.......SUNRISE 7:10 AM CDT SUNSET 6:00 PM CDT
OCTOBER 22 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 5:59 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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